VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Manhattanville College softball team clubbed seven home runs on the first day of the Virginia Wesleyan University Beach Blast, as the Valiants took down Pennsylvania College of Technology, 7-1, and Roanoke College, 8-2, on Friday at the Princess Anne Athletic Complex.
 
After hitting four homers in its first six games, Manhattanville (5-3) exploded for seven in just 14 innings on Friday. Junior Aarin Hartenstein (Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) and freshman Jordyn Boyd (Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville) both homered in each game for the Valiants, while sophomore Sam Jedrey (La Canada Flintridge, Calif./La Canada) drove in a team-high three runs with one long ball of her own as well.
 
Manhattanville 7, Penn College of Technology 1
 
Hartenstein led the Valiants in the first game of the day, homering at the plate and tossing six innings of three-hit ball in the circle in Manhattanville's 7-1 win.
 
The junior was one of three Valiants to homer in the win, joined by Boyd and graduate student Dolores Diemicke (North Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge). Diemicke had two hits and scored twice, including the 14th homer of her career that tied her for ninth on the school's all-time list.
 
Manhattanville opened the scoring in the first inning, when freshman Isela Casillas (Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake) scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded. After the Wildcats tied the score in the top of the second, the Valiants got back on top in the bottom half thanks to a two-out RBI double from Franson.
 
The team added three more in the third frame on a Hartenstein solo homer and a two-run single from junior Sophia Chapelone (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon). The Valiants then tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning on solo homers from Diemicke and Boyd to complete the scoring.
 
Hartenstein (1-1) picked up her first win of the year, allowing one unearned run on three hits in six innings. Sophomore Steph Muller (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) struck out one in a scoreless seventh to finish off the game.
 
Manhattanville 8, Roanoke 2
 
After three long balls in game one, Manhattanville sent four balls over the fence in game two, as six of the team's eight runs came via the home run in an 8-2 win over Roanoke.
 
The Valiants again started strong in game two, scoring five times in the first inning. After two runs scored on a bases-loaded error, Jedrey followed with a three-run homer.
 
The Valiants secured the win with three solo homers over the final two frames, as Hartenstein and Boyd went deep for the second game in a row and junior Evonne Torres (Hacienda Heights, Calif./Pioneer) became the fifth Valiant with multiple homers on the year with a seventh-inning solo shot.
 
Senior Alycia Feeney (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) did the rest, limiting the Maroons to just single runs in the second and seventh innings. Feeney (4-2) struck out three and allowed only six hits and one earned run in the victory.
 
Manhattanville will return to action in Virginia Beach tomorrow, when the Valiants take on NFCA #13 Randolph-Macon College at 10 a.m. and Gettysburg College at 2 p.m.